Call to check stock without picking up the phone yourself
A call to check stock is the only way to be sure before you drive across town. The website says ‘available’, the app says ‘low stock’, and the shelf turns out to be empty. One quick conversation with someone standing in the store would have saved the trip.
We have that conversation for you. Tell us the item, the size or model, and which stores to try. A real person rings each one, asks them to physically look, and texts you who has it. If you like, we ask them to hold it at the counter.
The problem
Why checking stock is such a chore
Websites guess
Online stock numbers lag behind the tills. ‘One left’ can mean the display model, a damaged box or an item sitting in someone’s trolley. You only find out which when you are standing in the aisle.
The wasted drive
Twenty minutes there, ten minutes hunting, five minutes finding a staff member, and twenty minutes home with nothing. Then you do it again in the next suburb, because that store’s page says it has three.
Store phones ring and ring
Shop floors are busy and the phone is nobody’s main job. It rings out, or you get transferred to a department where it rings out again. Doing that for three stores is half a morning gone.
You need the exact one
The right size, the right colour, the right part number. Explaining it over a noisy line, spelling out the model code and waiting while someone walks out the back is slow. And you have to do it at every store.
The fix
What you get when we ring around
An answer from someone who looked
We ask the staff member to check the shelf or out the back, not just the screen. You get a yes or a no from a person in the store before you get in the car.
Several stores, one text
Give us three stores and we ring all three. You get one message that says who has it, how many, and anything else they told us, like when more is due.
Held at the counter
Where a store is willing, we ask them to put it aside under your first name. We don’t pay for it or give card details. You collect it and pay as normal.
An example
What it looks like
You tell us
Can you find out who has the 3-person dome tent from this week’s Dunmore Camping catalogue, in green? Try their Midvale, Kingsley and Redcliffe stores. Ask them to hold one if they’ve got it.
We text you back
Rang all three Dunmore stores. Midvale: sold out, more due next week. Kingsley: two in green, on the shelf. Redcliffe: only the blue. Kingsley are holding one at the front counter under your first name until they close tomorrow.
An example only, with made-up names, to show the kind of answer you get.
Three steps
How it works
- 1
Tell us who to call
The business or person, and what you want to ask, book or find out. Thirty seconds on the form below.
- 2
We ring them
A real person makes the call and says they are ringing on your behalf. No answer? We try again until there is one.
- 3
We text you the result
What they said, in plain words, sent to your mobile. The recording and a written transcript too, if you asked for them.
Good to know
We can only pass on what the store tells us, and an item can sell while you are on your way. Not every store will hold things, and some only hold until the end of the day. We don’t pay, leave deposits or give card details. If a store wants payment before it will hold something, we tell you how they said to do it.
Free while we’re getting started
Who do you want us to ring?
Give us the who and the what. We make the call, keep trying if nobody answers, and text you what they said.
- A real person makes the call, not a robot
- We say we’re ringing on your behalf
- No answer? We try again, and again
- The answer lands on your phone as a text
Leave it with us.
We’ll make the call and text you what they said. Now go and do something better with your day.
Questions people ask
Can you check more than one store?
Yes. List the stores you are happy to drive to and we ring each of them. You get the answers together in one text, so you can see at a glance which trip is worth making.
Will they really hold it for me?
Often, but it is up to the store. We ask them to put it aside under your first name, and we tell you how long they said they will keep it. If they say no, you still know it is there.
What do you need from me?
The exact item: brand, model or part number, size and colour. A link or a catalogue page helps. The more precise you are, the less chance someone checks the wrong shelf and you make the trip for nothing.